Re: [Linux/390 under z/VM 4.2.0] CP works forever (Lenny): new attempt

Hi Philipp,

I return to our problem with the installation of a Debian/Lenny version on our mainframe

( a a Multiprise Series 3000 Model H30, 32 bits running z/VM V4.2.0). You can see below the

different steps of a new attempt which remains unsuccessful.

Could you help ?

Thanks and best regards.

Jean-Claude Durand

LIG, équipe GETALP

385, rue de la Bibliothèque, BP 53

38041 Grenoble cedex 9

1. I got the for files from:

http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-s390/current/images/

(the files with their size:

2788877 24 nov 22:06 initrd.debian

3361536 24 nov 22:06 kernel.debian)

2. The the files after they have been reblocked:

LINUX7 FILELIST A0 V 169 Trunc=169 Size=20 Line=1 Col=1 Alt=0

Cmd Filename Filetype Fm Format Lrecl Records Blocks Date Time

DEBIAN EXEC A1 V 40 10 1 5/10/11 17:17:27

KERNEL DEBIAN A1 F 80 42020 798 5/10/11 17:09:52

INITRD DEBIAN A1 F 80 34861 681 5/10/11 17:07:46

PARMFILE DEBIAN A1 F 80 1 1 5/10/11 17:00:47

3. We added some parameters to the parmfile.debian in order to have some debug information:

ro locale=C debconf/priority=low DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text BOOT_DEBUG=2

4. And we got CP running forever:

q time

TIME IS 08:33:44 EST WEDNESDAY 05/11/11

CONNECT= 00:01:54 VIRTCPU= 000:00.10 TOTCPU= 000:00.14

Ready; T=0.01/0.01 08:33:44

exec debian

3 *-* PURGE RDR ALL

>>> "PURGE RDR ALL"

0000003 FILES PURGED

4 *-* 'SPOOL PUNCH * RDR'

>>> "SPOOL PUNCH * RDR"

5 *-* 'PUNCH KERNEL DEBIAN A (NOHEADER'

>>> "PUNCH KERNEL DEBIAN A (NOHEADER"

RDR FILE 0066 SENT FROM LINUX7 PUN WAS 0066 RECS 042K CPY 001 A NOHOLD NOKEEP

6 *-* 'PUNCH PARMFILE DEBIAN A (NOHEADER'

>>> "PUNCH PARMFILE DEBIAN A (NOHEADER"

RDR FILE 0067 SENT FROM LINUX7 PUN WAS 0067 RECS 0001 CPY 001 A NOHOLD NOKEEP

7 *-* 'PUNCH INITRD DEBIAN * (NOHEADER'

>>> "PUNCH INITRD DEBIAN * (NOHEADER"

RDR FILE 0068 SENT FROM LINUX7 PUN WAS 0068 RECS 035K CPY 001 A NOHOLD NOKEEP

8 *-* CHANGE RDR ALL KEEP NOHOLD

>>> "CHANGE RDR ALL KEEP NOHOLD"

0000003 FILES CHANGED

9 *-* Q RDR

>>> "Q RDR"

ORIGINID FILE CLASS RECORDS CPY HOLD FORM DEST KEEP MSG

LINUX7 0066 A PUN 00042020 001 NONE STANDARD OFF ON OFF

LINUX7 0067 A PUN 00000001 001 NONE STANDARD OFF ON OFF

LINUX7 0068 A PUN 00034861 001 NONE STANDARD OFF ON OFF

10 *-* CP IPL 000C CLEAR

>>> "CP IPL 000C CLEAR"

0000003 FILES CHANGED

CP Q T

TIME IS 08:35:13 EST WEDNESDAY 05/11/11

CONNECT= 00:03:23 VIRTCPU= 000:47.93 TOTCPU= 000:50.38

CP IND LOAD

AVGPROC-100% 01

MDC READS-000001/SEC WRITES-000001/SEC HIT RATIO-100%

STORAGE-064% PAGING-0000/SEC STEAL-000%

Q0-00006 Q1-00000 Q2-00000 EXPAN-001 Q3-00000 EXPAN-001

CP Q T

TIME IS 09:16:53 EST WEDNESDAY 05/11/11

CONNECT= 00:45:03 VIRTCPU= 040:07.99 TOTCPU= 040:15.97

Le 30 avr. 2011 à 18:23, Christian Boitet a écrit :

Hi Philipp,             30/4/11

Thank you very much.

I am far away from Grenoble (at KU, Bangkok) and will travel tomorrow and Monday. Jean-Claude will probably read this before Monday, check the FILELIST info, and retry. I can't access our H30 from here to check do a FILELIST.

I am not sure he got "DEBLENNY" filetypes the last time he tried, hence there may be a problem already there.

And... of course you are right, it is 31 bits, not 32.

Best regards,

Christian Boitet

At 17:31 +0200 30/04/11, Philipp Kern wrote:
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 02:39:15PM +0700, Christian Boitet wrote:
> by ftp, in binary F 80 format for KERNEL DEBIAN and INITRD DEBIAN,
> and in ascii for PARMFILE DEBIAN and DEBIAN EXEC.
>
> Actually, as ftp on this VM did not work, we did the operation on
> another VM and copied (using COPYFILE) the 4 files obtained to the
> VM (LINUX7 in our installation) on which we want to install
> Debian/Lenny, and on which we did the necessary transformation of
> DEBIAN EXEC and PARMFILE DEBIAN.
I get different record counts for my successful 31-bit boot (on VM 6.1, though):

00: 0000003 FILES PURGED
00: RDR FILE 0028 SENT FROM PRKTLIN0 PUN WAS 0028 RECS 042K CPY 001 A NOHOLD NO
KEEP
00: RDR FILE 0029 SENT FROM PRKTLIN0 PUN WAS 0029 RECS 0001 CPY 001 A NOHOLD NO
KEEP
00: RDR FILE 0030 SENT FROM PRKTLIN0 PUN WAS 0030 RECS 035K CPY 001 A NOHOLD NO
KEEP
00: 0000003 FILES CHANGED
00: 0000003 FILES CHANGED

FILELIST says this:

Cmd Filename Filetype Fm Format Lrecl    Records     Blocks   Date       Time
    KERNEL   DEBLENNY A1 F         80      42020        798 2011-04-30 16:25:13
    INITRD   DEBLENNY A1 F         80      34861        681 2011-04-30 16:25:06
    DEBLENNY EXEC     A1 V         40         11          1 2011-04-30 16:23:51
    PARMFILE DEBLENNY A1 V         11          1          1 2011-04-30 16:22:42

I still sense corruption there. I.e. are lrecl, records and blocks the same
for you? Given that I just fetched a Lenny image from current it ought to be
identical.

Kind regards,
Philipp Kern
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